Places 35: Watch

<em>Places</em> 35: Watch

Watch! Evocative trumpets sound from high and lonely promontories awakening holy bands across the land. Crying out for grace to stand, intercessors fall in glory on the ground. God will choose His own— Elijahs to oppose the Baals, Gideons to tear down the Asherahs, Aarons and Jeremiahs to speak, and Joshuas to lead. God sows […]

Essays in Ephesians #4

Essays in Ephesians #4

Life on earth is tragic. Yet God’s plan, set forth in Christ, continues to unfold through times when we feel deaf, gagged, horrified by violence and blinded by grief and the throbbing distractions of injustice . . .

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

January 24, 2019 — I published a book yesterday. I’d been looking forward to it with eager joy. But when I saw it for sale on amazon.com, I froze. My brain jammed. My stomach constricted. When I began to thaw, I was confronted by my fear to publish the following story.

Face Off With Fear

Face Off With Fear

Fear is sweeping our country like a pandemic contaminating us with disease, like a shadow intimidating our globe with its darkness. To survive whole, we must face each fear head on—and overcome.